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Today sees two DVD releases in the UK for fans of David.First up is the release of the Doctor Who Easter special, Planet Of The Dead. This is also released on HD Blu-ray and contains the full length Doctor Who Confidential that accompanied it when it was broadcast earlier this year. You can purchase the standard and Blu-ray DVDs via our shop here.

Next is the long awaited release of David's 2005 ITV1 drama Secret Smile, in which he plays a psychotic boyfriend from hell Brendan Block.This DVD is being released exclusively through HMV. You can buy it via their website here.

David recently spoke with Maureen Ryan of The Chicago Tribune. You can read their interview below:

Where are you in the filming of the "Doctor Who" specials?

I'm all finished. Three or four weeks ago, I filmed my last scene. So it's over. Still a long time to go before they're all broadcast, though, so I'm still clinging on for a bit. But yeah, it's done. It was very emotional, very exciting. We managed to go out with some of the best scripts I had in four years. So it was a real treat.

Is the general plan for the last specials to be broadcast around Christmastime?I believe so. I mean, these things can always change. But that's the plan at the moment. "Planet of the Dead" has already [aired] here, "Water of Mars" will be toward the end of the year, as it leads into the final two-parter [that concludes Tennant's run.]. The plan for those is Christmas-New Year's time, but they'll be very secretive about what their plans are…

In support of BBC AMERICA’s U.S. premiere of four Doctor Who Specials, the Doctor himself, David Tennant, will appear alongside writer/executive producer Russell T Davies at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego. They will take part in a Doctor Who panel along with executive producer Julie Gardner and director Euros Lyn, Sunday July 26, 10:00-11:00am PT. David will travel to Comic-Con, fresh from the Doctor Who set, having shot his final scenes as the tenth Time Lord. He and fellow panelists will discuss the latest incarnation of television’s longest running science fiction series and take questions from the floor. There will also be exclusive sneak peeks from the upcoming specials. Fans can visit the BBC AMERICA booth (#3629) to capture their own photograph alongside part of the Doctor Who set - as well as purchase exclusive merchandise including David Tennant figures.Fans of BBC AMERICA’s highest rated show ever, Torchwood, which will have just completed the five-part special, Children…

We Are Astronomers, narrated by David, made it's American debut at The Sudekum Planetarium, Adventure Science Center, Nashville yesterday. It was a one off event but it is expected to screen at selected venues across America later this year.

David's episode of Spine Chillers, Bradford In My Dreams, will air on Chiller TV in America on the following dates:12th July, 13th July , 19th July, and 26th July 2009.The station is availble on cable network Time Warner and Direct TV.

The BBC have released details of another exclusive to audio Tenth Doctor adventure. Written by Scott Handcock and read by Planet Of The Dead actress Michelle Ryan, The Rising Night will be released on 2nd July 2009. The full story synopsis is featured below:

When Harry Winter goes out collecting rocks to repair the wall around his father's farm, he makes a fatal mistake. He disturbs Lucifer's Tombstone, and awakens something demonic and dreadful...The TARDIS arrives in the 18th Century village of Thornton Rising in the Yorkshire Moors - a village cut off from the world by an all-consuming darkness, where the sun has not risen for three weeks. Farm animals have been attacked, people have gone missing, and strange lights have been seen in the sky. The Doctor soon becomes involved in a nightmarish adventure, helped by a young local woman named Charity. But who is feeding on the blood of the locals, and where will the carnage stop...?The Rising Night is available for pre order in o…